Micheaux Mission

Vincent and Len let the listener mail (and voicemail!) lead them in a chat about the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever trailer, the wave of new projects announced at Comic-Con - special attention to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Then the Men of Micheaux share their spoiler-free thoughts on Jordan Peele's Nope . Plus the Top 5 Race Swap in Movie...

Len shares a touching story about cartoonist Robb Armstrong ( Jump Start ) and his connection with Peanuts and gives his TOP 5 Dumb Superhero Movies, in honor of Thor: Love and Thunder . Vincent loves Tyra Ferrell but 30-40s star Claude Rains doesn't easily compute in his D'Urville-centric mind. And CHAMELEON STREET is the indy film that could, though there's an argument over whether or not it did...

The Men of Micheaux get very nerdy on this one with discussions about Batman , writer Grant Morrison, The Doom Patrol , and The Boys stuffed between Len’s referendums for Great Balls of Fire and (gasp!) The Goonies . But all is right in the world when Gugu Mbatha-Raw portrays Belle (2013) in a costume drama that tickles all of Len’s fancies. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswiz...

Author, film historian Josiah Howard ( Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide ) joins the Men of Micheaux in the creation of a shared universe from the classic 70s genre flicks. They choose between Cotton Comes To Harlem and Sweet Sweetback Badass Song the planet Krypton in our funky stratosphere. The men argue for the 7 members of the Blaxploitation Avengers and connect the dots of...

There’s a Not-Quite-Top-5 of Aretha Franklin song-inspired movie pitches, 20 minutes on Milli Vanilli (and for why? ), Len has choice words For All Mankind , a Six Degrees of D’Urville stumper named Albert Finney has Vincent flummoxed and the majesty that is the Queen of Soul herself in the place where she lives - the church - bringing us her Amazing Grace (2018) in a beautiful documentary impossi...

Journalist Justin Tinsley @justintinsley, author of It Was All A Dream: Biggie and The World That Made Him joins the Mission to share his thoughts on Notorious from 2009 as well as his homegrown love for NBA great Allen Iverson. The Men and friends share Hip-Hop moments that they want to see acted out on film, Vincent wows Justin in Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin and much more. Hosted by Simpleca...

The Tony Awards catch Len's attention which leads to bold admission by the Man of Micheaux. Meanwhile, Vincent has some words on The Man Who Fell to Earth . Top 5 James Browns (Caucasian division) has Elvis coming aboard the Mission. Six Degrees of D'Urville goes to Joaquin Phoenix and Sissy Spacek and (1:00) GET ON UP: THE JAMES BROWN STORY paints a dividing line between our guys. Hosted by Simpl...

We wish a Happy Birthday to the late Prince Rogers Nelson and create a Intro to Prince playlist. Len debuts Top 5 Birds of Movie History while Vince takes the long road from D’Urville to Emilio. And we review Clint Eastwood’s long play biopic Bird , starring Forest Whitaker. (00:54) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of person...

Vincent and Len get called out for a Penelope mishap , a listener waits for a angry voice from our past, Six Degrees unlocks the filmographies of Steven Seagal and Jennifer Connelly, Top 5 reveals the Nia Long co-stars that Len envies the most and Don Cheadle directs a masterpiece in 2015’s Miles Ahead . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collec...

The Men go from listener mail to the TOP 5 Black Roles of Embarrassment with a #1 that will shock you but is well-earned. Then SIX DEGREES OF D’URVILLE goes from Ernest Borgnine to Penelope Cruz to The History of the Three Stooges . Finally, its time to review one of the worst movies of all-time - for all the wrong (right?) reasons — Bill Cosby’s Leonard Part 6 (how’s THAT for a credit line?) Host...

This one is obese; no B.S. We're diving ride into 'Mother, MAY I Have Another One of Those Bad Black Movies' with 1986's Soul Man starring C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong and James Earl Jones (WTF?) and we cast the new Blade soundtrack, list the Top 5 white roles that code as black, chart the careers of Cher and Michael J Fox and Diana Ross in Six Degrees of D'Urville and a whole lot more! Hosted...

A live audience joins the Men of Micheaux in celebration of their 300th episode. Vincent learns which man loves more on the Mission then he divulges the origin of the Charcuterie Fridays. Its the Kung-Fu edition of Six Degrees of Durville, Len remembers Nia Long in Love Jones and (00:55) its the review of BAD BOYS, the remixed template for action cop movies. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compan...

On the last stop of their road to 300 episodes, The Men of Micheaux show appreciation for another Philly pod on the eve of their own milestone. Then, after listener voicemail about their Precious review, they kibitz about The Man Who Fell To Earth , movie watching rules, a hilarious Six Degrees of D’Urville worthy/unworthy of the occasion and finally (00:47) the long-awaited review of Haile Gerima...

When is Julie Newmar not Julie Newmar? When she’s Lee Meriwhether! Listener mail has Vincent and Len reconciling Richard Pryor in Superman 3 . Six Degrees of Durville with George Burns and Gal Gadot, Len loves JoJo and PJ Morton, movies to watch only once and (00:47) our review of director Lee Daniels’ Precious . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about o...

Vincent and Len riff on the wholesome musical adapatation of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and other messy melodies. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Vincent and Len are back with listener mail all the way from the Motherland that leads to a chat on 90s R&B, more voicemails, including one that asks who’s Siskel and who’s Ebert. And we talk about the superstar making action-comedy Beverly Hills Cop (00:40) and its make on the careers of Eddie Murphy and Sylvester Stallone. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa...

SPECIAL - Vincent and Len will be back next week with a new episode. Enjoy their appearance from June 2021 with Toya Haynes to talk about the first time they heard her favorite group (and Len’s) - New Edition . Check THE FIRST TIME I HEARD with Toya Haynes wherever good podcasts be, Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of person...

Vincent and Len listen to their first voicemails from the missionaries which has them sharing their thoughts on Abbott Elementary and Severance . Six Degrees sees Vincent getting to Steve Carrell and Frances McDormand. And we sit shocked, amazed and confused at the stories behind and in front of the camera on 1959’s ‘forgotten treasure’ Porgy & Bess . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

Bobbi Booker of Philly’s WRTI 90.1fm - ‘the voice of jazz’ - hops aboard the Mission once again, this time to chat about the slap heard around the world (and the joke that provoked it), and to watch Vincent play Six Degrees to James Cagney and Sandra Bullock, then (01:04) to review the Academy Award winning documentary from 1996 about the legend of Muhammad Ali - When We Were Kings. Hosted by Simp...

It’s here - one of themes requested reviews of the Mission! Vincent ad Len welcome comedian Darryl Charles and sexuality expert Dr. Timaree of The DTF Fun Hour for a (36:25) review of TROIS (2000), plus Six Degrees of D’Urville and some schooling on the EARN IT Act . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adve...

The case of eating chicken in public is argued on this stop on The Road to 300, plus listener mail, international reviews, Six Degrees to Faye Dunaway and The Thin Man (?) and (00:45) our review of the acclaimed ‘thesis’ by writer/director Charles Burnett — Killer Of Sheep (1978) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...

A listener shares an interesting story about “darkie movies” , Vincent gives an assessment of Peacock’s Bel-Air , Six Degrees of D’Urville has historic results and the Rosewood massacre of 1922 is relived & reimagined by director John Singleton. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Men of Micheaux review Slashfilm's Black film recommendations for the Criterion Collection. Vincent interrogates Len for a spoiler-free review of The Batman and its Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to child stars Macauley Culkin and Shirley Temple. Then (00:52) it's time to review director Kathleen Collins' history-making drama Losing Ground from 1982. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company....

The Philadelphia Inquirer 's Elizabeth Wellington represents for New Yorkers everywhere, has a rare blood type of N.E. as for New Edition. Then Vincent goes Six Degrees to John Wayne and Jeff Bridges. And (00:34) we take a review of the 90s basketball crime drama Above The Rim and turn it into a worn debate about hip-hop's Nice -n- Smooth. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz....

The Men of Micheaux explain how they build their community of Missionaries, find time to talk about anything but Star Trek, sing the praises of Swan Song on Apple TV (without spoilers), and go Six Degrees to Dustin Hoffman and more. And then (44:45) share their thoughts on Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informati...